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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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    daisies to make daisy-chains. On a long bright Summer's day a crowd of us gather together and make daisy chains in great glee. We put a long hole at the end of the stem and put in another daisy and keep on adding daisies until the chain is made.
    Tas Balls are made from cowslips on a string. You break the stems and put the cowslips on a string and then tie them in a bundle together and you can play ball up in the air.
    The boys make tops from empty spools. They pare one end of a spool and then they get a nail and hammer it into the spool and the top is completed
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford